About W. Roger Williams
Lived 1854 – 1948 (aged 94). W. Roger Williams was a physician, pathologist, writer, pathology and surgeon.
William Roger Williams (6 January 1854 – 30 May 1948) was an English pathologist, surgeon, cancer researcher and medical writer. He was an early researcher to suggest that excessive red meat consumption is a cause of cancer.
Education Williams was educated at Bristol Medical School and University College London.
Career In 1876, he was exhibitioner and gold medallist in clinical medicine and surgery at Bristol Royal Infirmary.
Williams noted that overeating and "gluttonous consumption of meat" in modern industrial cities as well as lack of exercise and fresh vegetable food were factors causing the increased rates of cancer.
Death Williams died on 30 May 1948, aged 94.
Selected publications
The Influence of Sex in Disease (1885) An Introduction to the Pathology of Cancer and Tumour Formation on the Basis of Evolution (1886) The Principles of Cancer and Tumour Formation (1888) On the Influence of Diet in the Causation of Cancer (1895) Cancer (General Pathology) (1898) Uterine Tumours: Their Pathology and Treatment (1901) Cancer in Egypt and the Causation of Cancer (1902) A Monograph on Diseases of the Breast (1895) The Natural History of Cancer (1908)
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Who was W. Roger Williams?
English pathologist and surgeon
When was W. Roger Williams born?
W. Roger Williams was born on 6 January 1854.
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W. Roger Williams died on 30 May 1948 in Walton, Somerset.
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W. Roger Williams was a physician, pathologist, writer, pathology and surgeon.
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